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Total due March 5, 1880. 1880, POP IS

Or, suppose we concede, for
the argument, that under the
Act of 1643 it is only simple
interest, not compound. Then
the result would be as follows:
Amount due on July 26, 1s43
as above. 466,17O Is
Simple interest at per cent.
to Feb. rs, 84s...... 170,s2s Oh
Simple interest at per cent.
on 1892, 517.95, as above, to
March $, 1880 37s,s55 rs
Add simple interest at per
cent on $466,170.15 minus
$1s2,51f-98 equals $685.
b52.lf ...- 675,535 SO
sl,692,5so %
Deduct ALL payments and APP
preparations at stated by
Senator George ...-..... LIZA, 339 40
5 52s, $50 SO
Add, by way of restoration:
Appropriation of 1855. $3.50 100000 90
Appropriation of 1867 1890 10000 90
That part of appropriation of
1850 actually expended in
Geological Survey . 1880 90
Lottery money of 1867. 1870. 5000 90
Total 1872, $50 SO
To which must still be added the uncer-
tain quantity of what was intended as do
nation, or should be equitably treated as
such, in the nine years, 1871 to 1879, in
elusive.
EESTs ACCOUNT, COMPUTED AT PEE CENT.
SIMPLE.
Jan. l, 1S31-Rents collected s,402 90
Interest g per cent. simple,
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GOV. sHAEKEr's Position.


The Senator endeavors to fortify his
claim that the Seminary Fund had been
absorbed, by referring in two or three
places to Gov. Sharkey's action in paying,
in September. 81, .sthe amount appropria-
ted as an endowment by section /, of the
under section 3. He makes special note
of the fact at the end of one of his tables;
and in the body Of his letter says the Gov
ernor (Sharkey) recognized this view
!. &, of the wiping out of the debt. He
even says that Gov. Sharkey @KSEw the debt
was paid Now let us see what were the
facts.
These two payments had been making
since 1913. There was neither regularity
nor rrle about the making of them. Some
times they were paid together; sometimes
six months apart. Sometimes the whole Of
each payment was made IN soiido; some
times they were made piecemeal Some
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Reply of Prof. Edward Mayes to
Senator ]. z. George

[cosrIsUrD FROM FIRST rAGE-l
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to March 5, 1850 equal. 4,

to March ;, 1850 equals %
years, 2 months, 4 days "a,
Jan. l, lS32-Rents collected
say ....
Interest q 6 per cent. simple
to March 8, 1850, EQUALS 4S
years, 2 months, days n.
Jan. 1, 1s3S-Rents coIlecte5 =, +,
Interest q 6 per cent. simple "
to March 3, 1880, equals AZ
years, , months, DAYS IL.
Jan. l, lS34-Rents collected 49,
Interest e 8 per cent. simple.
to March 5, 1850, equals as
years, , months, days. II,
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Jan 1, 'S6-Interest on above
for year and l month. 1qs.
Nov. '35 and Jan. '36-lAver-
aged Jan. l, 'S6). Amt in
vested in Planters Bank
otocA '..-'..-...-...-... &5QO0 r
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PLANTERS BANK STOCK ACCOUNT. Co,,p,-.-.
AT 8 PER CENr. os,fpo--s7, RID
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Amount due Jan. l, 1887
Jan. l, '3S-Interest on above
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Amount due Jan. l. 1885
Jan. 1, 'S9-lnterest on above
Amount invested in Planters
Bank Stock, Oct, 1888. ....
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Bal. due, say Feb. 5, sos 541,066 sc
Compare Col. Brougher's bal. 544, O61 %
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S2,osO 90 $18,92o 90
COLO 90 2s,Go0 90

6,430 90 2O,770 90
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5 1912 So

e6s,es7 so
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Estimated total of principal in

Representing princi-
pal and 7 Us. int.
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THE ACCOUNT:

Begin by charging the State with the
amount of rents shown in the schedule ac
the Memorial of the Trus-
tees s,4O2 90
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4,201 90
277,332 81
106,31o SO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
Killed the Destroyer OF hi. Homo.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-Charles Kitchen,
a highly respected citizen of New Hops. Bucks
county. was shot there this morning by Harry
E. Gettys. and expired In about twenty min
utes. Gettys gives RS his reason for the MUIR
der that Kitchen was the destroyer OF his
home. Gettys IL also a highly respected citi-
zen, sober and industrious. His wife. 1t is nl-
legged. does not scar a very good reputation.
mer. Gottys picked up q heavy Colts revolver
this morning, and rs no was about to lcnve his
residence told lls wife he would shoot Kitchen.
He then went TO Kitchens store. and. after
telling him that he was the DESTROYER of his
home. drew. the. revolver from his pocket, aim
cd ut Kitchens heart, and fired. Kitchen fell
on the floor without ~uttering g word. and soon
after breathed his last. The ball passed
through his stomach and penetrated the spine,
causing paralysis to. set, in Mt once. Gettys
then loft the store, handed his revolver to u
constable. and surrendered. He was then
handcuffed and taken to Doylestown jail. Be-
lore lenving New Hope Gettys said that he
would rather be hanged for murder than have
his family troubles continue as they have for
HDina timA mast
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
Determined to Sell I.,su.r in Ma,...

AUGUSTA. Ne, Nov. 2a.-Michael Burns,
aliIuor dealer, who is making II great fight
against tho Drohibitory law. has resor,ed to O
new cxprii"nt by which lie expects to cnrry on
tho traffic and escape all penalties. He con-
tinues to import liquor in small original packa-
Ges. and as it has been seized By the state and
1t will he a long time before the courts can de-
eide the legal points involved, he Is about to
adopt n new plan. He proposes to keep his
liquors stored In tho Custom House at the vari-
GUS ports in the State, where he will open agen-
cies and carry on a traffic In this way. He will
sell 70 any purchaser an order for a quart, pint,
or other quantity of liquor, IN may be desired,
tho order 10 be delivered to the custodian Of
tho bonded warehouse or other Governmeni
place. Such an order for any other article held
at the Custom House awaiting, duties or ro-
moyal. II charges are paid, would In all eases
be honored, and Burns secs no reason why tho
Goyernment should make an execution in his
on route to Bath, where he will enter them and
try his new experiment, He is sure that the
custody Of the Government; or, II 1t docs. that
y will be worsted In tho legal complications
that will follow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
III WILL RESIGN
IA Win Issse an Aia-ss. ana ASK met to
Ysra . lrintstry.

~ NvAAA 8N330 - y ~84 AADot 70
xsre . Arintstry.
PARIS, Nov. 23.-President Grevy to-day
informed N. Maret, q Radical member OF the
Chamber Of Deputies for the Department OF the
Seine. that he had decided to resign. He said
he would tomorrow ask n. Ribot to form a
Ministry to superintend the meeting OF the
Congress Of the Senate and the Chamber OF
Deputies, which will select Q new President.
I'm. Ribot should refuse to form q Ministry he
will ask M. Goblet to do 30.
NJ. Gr6vy further said he should not quit his
post before issuing an address to the country
the present state OF affairs, and declare that his
retirement Is forced by the impOssibility OF gov
erning the country; He will depart from the
Presidency with the sincerest wishes for the
1t is reported that NJ. Ribot, member of the
Chamber of Deputies for the Department Of
Pas dc Calais, will form q new Cabinet, among
the members OF which will be MN. Goblet and
The journal des .Dfbats advocates the await
Ing of the result OF President Grevy's efforts to
form q Cabinet, but says 1t Is impossible not to
zee the gravity OF the situation, presented by
chance for the creation Of a dictatorship or an
outbreak of disorder.
It is said that during his interview with NJ.
Maret to-day, President Grevy was greatly
M sISs'sG ho %% 3 R,F Was o BBsdisG&ts,s 1Hs saId that AT
too much time had heen lost already; that 1t
was the duty OF tho President to resign imme-
diatsiy, md that he should send a message TO
It is reported that nj. Gr6vy worked at the
message 10 hand until q late hour tonight.
a soSret meeting. atteRded BY MN. Clemen-
successor to NJ. Grdvy. It is rumored that ali
military candidates were rejected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
TIE FOREST FIRES.
Great Damage Done In the Lower AIissis-
sIppl Valley.

Groat Damage Done In the Lower MtASln-
sIppi Valley.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23.-Reports OF forest and
prairie fires come from all directions excepting
the North. The bottom lands Of the Ottawa
and Big Muddy Rivers in Southern Illinois, and
the prairies In many parts Of the same sections
OF the State. are ablaze. and outhouses. fences,
farming machinery, outstanding crops, and
whole forests. and In some cases residences,
have been destroyed. In southeastern Mis-
sourt and Arkansas, between the Iron Noun
tain Railway and the Mississippi River. the
swamps and lowlands have been almost burned
out. and the whole country is 90 filed with
smoke that the people are almost stifed. As
far west as Hot Springs fires have devastated
farms. burned residences. barns, fences, and
the little town Of MayGower in Franklin county
side Of the Mississippi. River. In Washington
and Boliyer counties. Miss. ,nineteen cotton
have been destroyed. From the Indian Terri
tory are. reports OF great prairie fires. Fifty
miles Of range around Rod Fork has been
entirely ravaged, and thousands Of tons OF hay
and many farming implements have been de-
stroyed.
CARRoILToN,, Nov. 2s.-lForest fires are raging
coupin Greek. in this county, and have de-
stroyed thousands, OF rails, miles of fence. and
fatality thus far reported is tho death of Evans
N, Greene, who was burned In the woods 20
mill mi'Cs m sS9th 10 It. Of 6oh hHro e. s He Tas a h dsi Gsss
and nights in the, open, air, and it Is supposed
s1md fire sn I%Gnd him bnrn as}ee as a His b clothes hoav were we're
'eGG1 neRL ssar'sd ~ ~ va 7s. nm Nov. as.-rcrest fires
are again raging in this sectiR1p. Destroying
city on the northeast side. The atmosphere Is
thick with smoke. and the sun has, for several
brush are very dry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
SELLING b Nlrmunch Indian Lnnd..

WORCESTER, Nov. 22.-An auction sale of a
tract of land in the towns OF Dudley and Web
ster yesterday brought to light ths fact that
there still existed an Indian reservation In the
central part OF Massachusetts,. The reserva-
tion WAS made for the Nipmunck tribe early in
the Seventeenth century and originally con-
sisted OF Ave square miles within the town.
ships named. The tract was reduced by vari-
gus sales to a single square mile. Then the
it d crime for any one 10 purchase. In spite of
the statutory prohibition, the reservation has
In some manner dwindled to twenty six acres
sold Yesterday. 1t brought s25 an acre. The
Ninmgnck tribe OF, Indians long igo disap-
n nnmbsr. o are s q dis,I a q marEsd I iit}ja f foray In
nifty. In their physique are traces OF African
and Caucasian blood, bur their features ars
poses to find out what has become OF the rest Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24

P~ARKEHsBURG, W. Va. Nov. 23-On the
steamer Scholten, which foundercd on Satur-
day night, there is reported lost among the
tirst-class passengers Henry Blanc. Blanc
lived not many miles below here on the Ohio
side. He was a man Of wealth, married. with
no children. He was horn In Amsterdam, where
a short time ago q relative died. leaving him u
large estate. At different times Blanc had
crossed the ocean to receive instHllments or
his fortune; and Y lew, weeks ago hs wen! again
written home that he had been successful, and
il If thought he had tho money with him when
tie vessel went down. He expected when he
left to return with 100000. No news of his
death had been received until his name APP
yeared in the papers. Extensive preparations
had been made for a wedding anniversary at
Monday night, and many OF the guests had al
ready assembled when the information reached
them and put an end to tho festivities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
COLLISION ON THE SOUND.
The New Steamer Connecticut, In Tow
Nearly Run. Down n Schooner.

NEW HAVEN, Nov. 23.--The big steamer
Connecticut. recently launched at Noank,
Conn. for the Stonington line, while going
down the Sound last night in tow Of tho tugs
America and Gertrude, collided of Captains
Island with tho threo-masted schooner Annie
L. Ketchum, Capt. Ketchum. coal laden, from
Philadelphia for this port. The steamer Is not
thought to be badly damaged, as she kept on
to New York with the tug America. The tug
Gertrude cast of and came to the assistance Of
tho Ketchum and towed her to this port. The
schooner lost her bowsprit. all her headGear
and her f%oretopmnst, and had her port shrouds
Capt. KetcRum says The America passed
the Ketchum about 1000 feet to the north and
SoSid SSS oas TO ,h fes sc nSGahw:bbd but e The 's tow I hSe s sSs
too long or else the men on the Connecticut
could not steer her. for she took u sheer to the
course Of the schooner. The steamer's lights
were those ola regular moving steamer instead
Of a tow and she WINS taken en- for such ny ne 7
steamer would mind tho rule, and clear her.
As the tow came nearer the mate shouted to
s 70 10 deliberately lSi run US down and sink nssS
x x$si' i e lssia. Nj Via h iTg ls AsFa ers e Ds i5s
f Ssr S%S went 'p to The w VI ssrs 80 s, tbss She S ss.
Instead Of end on, in which case She would have
sunk so quickly that every man on board would
have been drowned, as her boat was carried
away by the collision. The sharp PROV Of the
Connecticut scrapsd along aft, cutting. away all
the port shrouds like thread and carrying away
the mizzen sail and boat: The steering Of the
S3nnse,ien. Vas naniaS. H thhaa she ioio low any
have been no collision. The Connecticut had
Just missed by an inch running into another
schooner"
Capt. Parker Of the tug Gertrude says the
lights on the Connecticut were wrong.
-
The Connecticut reached her dock at tho foot
of Eighth street, East River. yesterday morn
Ing. A Sun reporter found no one aboard OF
her last night except n Waterman, who said he
knew nothing about the accident, and only that
the Connecticut was. damaged bat slightly.
The schooner struck the steamboat on the port
stoven in. but the planks were split for u dis
tance OF several feet,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
LORD SALISBURY'S POLICY.
HE SAYS THE IRISH QUESTION MUST
NOW TAHE A BACK SEAT

Gag Law will he Applied In f~ariinment-
The Needs Of Epsisnd Must he Met and
Obstruction will Not he Tsie rated-ne
Cannot understand sympathy for O'Brien
LONDON, Nov. 23.-In n speech ut the meet
Ing Of the National Union of Conservatives at
Oxford to-day Lord Salisbury said no saw In
the success Of the conference tho happiest su-
curry for tho future. Information from Scot
land showed that the calm sense Of the Scotch
would not sanction any scheme endnngering
the integrity OF tho empire. It would pass the
wit Of man to produce a homo rule scheme
which would be pleasing both to Mr.. 1'revelyan
aud to Michael Dayitt. Tho coming session Of
Parliament would be devoted more to meas-
ures that would satisfy the pressing wants OF
England. Reform OF local Government was long
needed in England. and tho Government
hoped to carry u measure that would meet the
wants Of tho country.
He did not intend. until there was q mani
fest change In ireland, to propose increased
powers of local government thcre. Obstruo-
ton had been threatened to everything that
might DO proposed In Parliament until tho de-
mands Of the Home Rulers had been granted.
Tie Government were prepared to face OBJ
struction. The present system Of procedure
was not enough. Drastic reforms were re-
CURED 70 prevent Q wanton waste. OF the public
time. He hoped that the effect Of these meas
and usefulness OF the House.
The question OF the regulation OF tho liquor
place In the local government bill. He was In
favor OF liberty In that traffic rs lar as was con-
sistent with social order, He said he wa
but admitted that the. Government were bound
to reform the Church by. removing whateyer
evils were proved to exist: He promised a
land. The state of agriculture, he said, was
deplorable. Whatever measures Of relief might
obtain the general, consent would receive the
Referring to the Trafalgar square troubles,
he said he regarded the meetings there as law;
r results OF Ir. aiads.one'ss words. M Mr. .a Glad.
stone c, could .,It not preach to It, the Irish mol to defy
ytnced that the country would say. with him
Ing were not privileged to convert It Into the
sance. The dosernment was dstermined At
al costs to maintain tho supremacy of tho Law.
He could not understand what Il was that eI-
The case 81 William o'Brien. who had broken
the law and melted others to lawlessness; He
did not fear that the attacks Of the Liberal
would confuse the moral sense Of thu. English
nation. On the contrary. the substantial effect
q a0a a policy Ss % c Shieh in sas as3i'H fa Min and u o asSer
.BusnIs. Now tSs M as1.92s Bs sgasS Ns10s Letter. Ia
Government isader In the House OF Commonss
n: zsh@ssd PsTsis!t Win succeed him as CHIEF al
The attempt made at Thurles. to-day to re-
store unity ~ the Gaelic Athletic Association
fndins that nothing short Of absolute sabmis..
would satisfy tho seceders from the %associa-
t5S1: left Thurles without seeing Archbishop
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24

BOSTON, Nov. 29.-The %ex-convlct from Mas
sschusetts who Ia said to have shot Col. Ora
ham in London. Eng, last night, is probably
Daniel Doekray. who, in company with Charles
Gleason, robbed the Grafton Bank, Gleason
escaped from the State prison, and WAS in Lon
in all his Jobs, and has doubtless kept his
company eyer since. He was sentenced from
Worcester Feb. IL. 1872, for thirteen years, but
ESCAPED, AZ did also Gleason, but was captured
and received an additional sentence OF eight
months. He was discharged from the Massa-
ehusetts State pris2n on June 10, 1887; His
Canada. and could be easily identified by the
figure of a nan In the attitude Of boXin. i'm
printed In India ink on his left arm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
JOHN JKx,s DISPUTED W1LL.
He Leaves Oue.sixth OF Fits Fortune to Hts
Family and tbs To Churches.

John Jex came here from England In an
immigrant ship when he was u penniiess boy,
subsequently went to Belize. Honduras. and
rolled up q fortune In exporting mahogany to
this country. His long headed brother Josiah,
once IL merchant of this city, made a snug sum
in tie same business and invested it
in real estate hero. The city grew
up around the property and Josiah became
Weather than his brother. His relatives had
a legal battle over his will when he died, Just
rs they are now preparing to have over the will
OF John. because John left over $4,000 to
three churehesi in B~eli2e-the Protestant EpiS-
copal, the Wesleyan Methodist. and the BAPTIST
and cut his wife and two children. oil, with
sGD,u0O. half for her and the other half to be di-
vlded between the two children.
Lawyer Payson Merrill, who represents the
churches. says the action that Mrs. JeX has
begun tor tho setting aside of the will will be
Jex was inclined to be n crank In religious
matters. He was very ignorant and intensely
bigoted. This is illustrated in a clause Of his
will, which runs thus:
During many years have studied deeply
religions, and concluded that the difference
between them IL the same as the difference be-
tween heaven and perdition or God and Satan;
that the Protestant leads. to eternal happiness
and the other to eternal misery. | therefore,
and children, bequeath to them my. real and
personal property. herein mentioned. subject
to the conditions that they continue members
of the Protestant faith. shall not tntermarry
with any Roman Catholic, and shall train up
their children to the Protestant faith"
Nj. Jex was married twice. and had a child
by ench wife. After the death of his first part
nor no married q Philadelphia woman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24
TIE CROWN PRINCE
Or. virehow Finds No Cancersus Particles
In hts Recent E~xaminatien.

BERLIN, Nov. 23.-The National Zeitun0
says: 1T is reported in medical circles that
DR.. Virchow found no cancerous particles In
tho discharge from the growth In tho Crown
Princes throat. The portion sent to DR.. Vir-
chow, however, was much shaken IN transit"
F, DR.. Schmidt. In q report to tho Medical So
cicty on the case Of the Crown Prince, says
d Gerhardt was first consulted on March
Q. Aftsrward by two operations he removed u
tumor from the left vocal chord. He then inti-
mated to DR.. Wegener and pr. Orth Of Ems his
Crown Prince ut Ems was considered merely
probationary, thu object being to ascertain
whether the. swelling was benign or malignant.
On June IL DR.. Lanlgraf discovered n swelling
observed on the posterior wall OF, the larynx;
chord. On Aug. 8 DR.. Mackenzie undertook to
eradicate the swelling. After his operations tho
Grown Prince went to Braemar; The German
doctors. for whom no accommodation was pro
n further examination until Aug. 49,. The left
vocal chord then. showed several pointed ex-
cresecnces, which DR.. Mackenzie assumed to
ee the result OF his operations. On Sept the
In Conclusion, br, Schmidt declares that
"cancerpus .infiltration has existed from the
very beginning below the left vocal chord. This
caused irritation, which produced tho papillary
4 despatch from San Reno says that the
Crown Princes voice continues very hoarse:
Dir. Bramann takes no part in the medical
treatment Of the patient, which Is still in
trusted to DR.. Howell. DR.. Bramann, however,
will remain at San Reno, In order to be ready
ton In case dangerous infammatory action
renders such q course necessary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-24

Christina Volz, aged 80, the wife of a
journeyman brewer, living at 1.S49 Tenth ave-
nue., committed suicide yesterday afternoon by
cutting her throat with a sharp table knife.
She gave birth to twins on Saturday last and
was d~elirious with foyer afterward. She was
attended by n nurse and the j~anitress OF the
block. In her delirlum Mrs. Volz sent tho
nurse away yesterday noon. but the janitress
remained with her until Mr.. Volz came home
to dinner. After he returned to work, at about
screams of Mrs. Volz's 3-year-old daughter.
The doors were bolted, and whom broken open
the woman was found lying on the floor near
the bed, bleeding at the throat. One of the
twins was In tho bed and the other in a clothes
basket. The woman was gaspipg when the
%neighbors entered. and expired In o few Sec
and down her throat. ~severing an artery. She
had tried to cut the throat OF the little girl also,
but had made but Il slight wound,